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Mortar with Foliage and Acanthus Leaves

Italian 16th Century, early 16th century

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

6.8 cm × 4.5 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 25 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Medium: bronze//Dark brown patina
Kind: Sculpture
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: Samuel H. Kress Collection

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 6.8 cm × 4.5 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 16th century. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
How was it made?: Bronze//Dark brown patina.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

This work is in the reference only. The gallery hangs a selection of the collection at real size.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.